Tie rack



Nov. 19, 1946. A. DUNN ET AL TIE RACK Filed July 9, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 gwue/wf d, iii 5e 7"? pun/n Uzius fliz'land Patented Nov. 19 1946 TIE RACK Albert Dunn and Odus C. Eiland, Mount Rainier, Md.

Application July 9, 1943, Serial No. 494,056

Claims.

This invention relates to a tie rack and it is primarily an object of the invention to provide a device of this kind embodying means whereby a plurality of ties may be suspended in a manner whereby any one of such suspended ties may be selectively removed without hindrance or obstruction being offered by the remainder of the suspended ties to such removal.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind including a plurality of hangers mounted for swinging movement about a common axis and wherein said hangers are so constructed and arranged that outward turnin or swinging movement of one hanger affects a simultaneous swinging movement of all hangers thereabove.

The invention also has for an object to provide a tie rack which can be produced from noncritical material, such as wood, although the invention is not to be limited to the use of wood alone.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind comprising a plurality of hangers normally in what may be termed a ladder assembly and wherein each of said hangers is mounted for limited swinging movement independently of the others and wherein adjacent hangers are provided with coacting means whereby upon substantially full swinging move: ment outward of one of the hangers the second hanger is outwardly swung substantially half way of such movement to allow for the free and ready removal of a tie therefrom.

The invention consists of the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of our improved tie rack whereby certain important advantages are attained, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order that our invention may be the better understood, we will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying dr wn s, in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a tie rack constructed in accordance with an embodiment of our invention.

Figure 2 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section of the device with certain of the parts in a second position from what is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view in side elevation.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 4--4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detailed sectional view taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional View taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Figure 2.

- Figure 7 is a detailed sectional view taken substantially on the line l'l of Figure 1, with the base member in elevation.

Figure 8 is a. detailed sectional view taken substantially on the line 8-8 of Figure 1, and

Figure 9 is a view in perspective of one of the hub members herein embodied unapplied and with its associated bar omitted.

In the embodiment of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, B denotes an elongated and relatively wide body member, the outer face of which being preferably substantially flat. The opposite end portions of the member B at substantially the transverse center thereof have openings I to provide means whereby the body member may be anchored to a wall or other support. However, we do not wish to limit ourselves to any particular means for mounting or placing the device when in use.

Glued or otherwise rigidly secured to the front flat face of the body member B adjacent a longitudinal margin thereof and at desired points spaced lengthwise of the body member B, are the outstanding blocks 2, the opposed faces of which being provided with the substantially aligned sockets'3 in which are snugly received and preferably adhesively held, the extremities of a, cylindrical bar or fixed pintle 4.

Freely mounted on the bar or pintle 4 for swinging movement therearound as a. common axis are the hub members 5. These hub members 5 are substantially of duplicate construction and in the present instance are substantially square in cross section. Each hub member 5 is of such length that the combined lengths of such hub members 5 substantially bridge the space between the blocks 2 except for a space adjacent the lower block 2 in which space is positioned a hub member 5' also mounted on the bar or pintle 4 for free swinging movement.

One face a, of each of the hub members 5 and the hub member 5' is provided in substantially its central part with a, socket 6 in which is tightly fitted and preferably adhesively held an end portion of a hanger bar 7. This bar I is of such, length to have its outer or free end portion or that end portion remote from its hub member 5 or 5' received within a groove or channel 8 provided in and extending transversely across the outer face of an elongated strip 9 glued or otherwise firmly secured along the side marginal portion of the body B remote from the bar or pintle 2. This strip 9, when applied, constitutes a 3 such position, the tie can be applied thereto with equal facility.

In a device such as this it is of importance that means he provided whereby a tie may be readily applied to or removed from any one selected bar I without hindrance or obstruction to such application or removal being given by the ties suspended on any of the remainder of the bars.

In the present embodiment of the invention all of the hub members 5, except the top hub member and the hub member 51, have the upper portion of the outer face b, immediately adjacent to or at right angles to the face a, provided with the rabbets 9 in which are received the lips Hi, depending from the lower ends of the faces 1) when the bars 1 are at the limit of their move ment toward and are positioned across the body member B or when the bars 1 are in substantially ladder formation. When in this position thebars may be said to be in tie storing position. Theouter end portion of each of the rabbets 9 is" rounded as at 10 on such radius with respect'to the "axis of rotation of the hub member as to allow the lip 16 of the hub member immediately thereabove to overlie the upper portion of the face opposed to the face a of the second or underlying hub member when the hub member 5 immediately thereabove has been swung outwardly substantially a'one quarter turn. Upon continued turning movement of the first or immediately above hub member 5, the second hub member will be given a one quarter turn to pcsition'the bar 1 carried by said second hub member at substantially right angles to the flat face o'fthe body member B and thereby positioning such bar Tin forward or presenting position to allow a .tie to be readily and easily applied or removed. The bar of the first hub will, in the operation just described, be left in what might be termed the reject position.

in view of the foregoing, it is believed to be obvious that when any one of the bars l is swung outwardly all. of the bars I thereabove will also be outwardly swung .and the bar I immediately therebelow will be swung outwardly to a position substantially, at right angles .to the body member B. after the bar l above said last named hanger. have been swung around approximately. a half turn .or to the above stated reject position.

In order to return all of the bars I to their 1 closed or storing position across the body member B, it isxonly necessary to give. a return swinging movement to the uppermost bar 1 although it .18 to be, stated that the return swinging movement of anyone of the bars I will affect the return swinging movement of the hanger bars 1' th ebelow.

All of the various parts of the device as hereinbefore described are preferably made of noncritical material, such as wood.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a tie rack constructed in accordance with our invention is particularly well adaptedfor use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated.

We'cla'im:

1,. A tie rack, comprising a pintle, supporting elements'between which the pintle is mounted, means supporting said elements, a plurality of bodies disposed one upon the Other and traversed by the pintle to turn thereon, a hanger bar attached to each body, the bars being adapted to be disposed in a position in which they are all arranged in parallel superposed relation, and

taneous movement as a unit of all the bodies and bars overlying the said one body, the element of the said one body after turning of the said one body a predetermined distance from the said position, engaging the next underlying body to tur only the said next underlying body and the attached bar from the said position through a portion of the circular distance already traversed by the said one body and its attached bar.

2. A tie rack, comprising a. plurality of bodies disposed in a series one above the other, means joining the bodies for independent turning on a common axis extending lengthwise of the series, means supporting the series of bodies, a hanger bar attached to each body, the bars having a 'tie storing position in which they are all arranged in parallel superposed relation, and an element carried by each of the bodies of the series above the lowermost one of the bodies in a position to engage successively two adjacent faces of the underlying body when any one of the bodies lying above the lowermost one thereof is turned from its storing position to effect the turning of the said one body and the overlying bodies as a unit and to further effect the turning of the body lying below the said one body to an extent approximating half the extent of circular movement of the said one body and the bodies lying thereabove.

3. A tie rack, comprising a plurality of bodies arranged in an aligned series one above the other, means coupling the bodies together for independent turning upon a common axis, means for supporting thebodies as a series, a hanger bar attached to each body, each of said bodies havingtwo intersecting flat side faces, the bars having a tiestoring position in which they are all arranged in parallel superposed relation, a lip carried by each body above the lowermost one and arranged for engagement against a face of the underlyingbody, and the corner of the intersecting faces of each of the bodies lying beneath the uppermost one being rounded in the horizontal plane of the lip to facilitate movement of the. lip around from the said one face of the underlying body into engagement with the intersecting face of the same body.

4. A tie rack of the character set forth in claim i 3, in which each of the lips forms a downward extension of a portion of the body of which it forms a part and wherein the said face of each body adjacent which a lip positions forms the inner vertical wall of a recess into which the adj acent lip fits.

5. A tie rack comprising a body member, a plurality of hanger bars, means pivotally connecting the bars with the body member for swinging movement toward or from the body member and facilitating placement of the bars in the storing parallel relation, and .co-acting means carried by adjacent bars for moving simultaneously and in retained parallel relation. all of the bars above any selected .one of the bars above the lower-most one thereof and for the delayed moving. of only one bar below the selected one, upon the swinging in one direction of the. said selected one. of the bars.

ALBERT DUNN.

ODUS .C. 

